Dbcc Production Of 'Yours, Anne' Tops In State

Higher Education

December 28, 1996|By Mary Jo Lloyd

The Daytona Beach Community College student production Yours, Anne recently was named the top college theater performance in the state by the American College Theater Festival. Cast and crew now will take their show on the road to perform in the Region IV competition ACTF Festival Feb. 3 to 9 at Middle Tennessee State University. There, they will have a chance to earn more honors and gain the opportunity to showcase their talents at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

Also from Yours, Anne are three nominees for the Irene Ryan Scholarship, named for the late actress best remembered for her portrayal of the lovable and feisty Granny Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies. Ryan's estate was donated to the Kennedy Center to support outstanding college performing arts majors. Nominees are Dawn Button, Jason Blanton and Jack Cook. Three students from DBCC's October production of The Grapes of Wrath also were nominated for the Ryan scholarship. They are Alex Wilburn, Stuart Webster and Steve Palmer.

''This is a tremendous achievement,'' said Kenneth Walker, communicating arts chairman at DBCC. ''We are the only two-year college to have advanced to this level of the competition.''

In the Region IV competition, DBCC will compete against University of North Carolina, University of Montevallo, North Carolina A&T State University, University of Florida and University of Alabama.

Performances are judged based on acting, directing, scene design and technical direction.

Yours, Anne stars 16-year-old Jennifer Azulay as Anne Frank, whose diary documenting her experience during the Holocaust became one of the most widely read works in history. The play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett was originally performed at Playhouse 91 in New York in 1985.

The DBCC performance was directed and choreographed by theater arts program manager Jim Simmonds, with musical direction by Norton Christeson. Student Torrie Mathis was in charge of set design and was also nominated for an ACTF award.

- UCF REGISTRATION

THE STATE of Florida Tuition Waiver Program makes it possible for Florida residents 60 or older to take regular university credit courses on a space-available basis, without cost. Spring courses will be offered by University of Central Florida at Daytona Beach beginning Jan. 6.

Senior registration will take place Friday at the Enrollment Management Office, Room 106, Building 34, 1200 International Speedway Boulevard, near White Street. Spring course schedules are available at the campus.

- DBCC ART STUDENTS

DAYTONA BEACH Community College art students swept top honors recently in a mask design competition sponsored by the Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts at Florida Community College in Jacksonville.

More than 100 masks were created by community college students statewide for the competition. Three DBCC students were judged winners. They are Tamara Panasenko, William Rice and Julia Roberge. Their masks have been purchased by the museum for $500 each and will become part of its permanent collection.

''The work our students produced clearly demonstrated superior creativity, craftsmanship and individual style,'' said DBCC art program manager Pam Greisinger.

Students created the masks as additions to their regular art class assignments. Material used for the masks ranged from wood, clay and natural substances to computer parts, fabric and plaster.

''The big positive in all this was that two of these students just tried out our art class to see if they would like it,'' said Greisinger. ''Now, they are committed to finishing the program and graduating.''

The art program at DBCC has seen a 23.7 percent increase in enrollment in the past two years.

- THERAPY ASSISTANT

DAYTONA BEACH Community College will begin a physical therapy assistant program in January.

The program, which is accredited by the American Physical Therapy Association, is designed to prepare students to pass the state of Florida's Physical Therapy Assistant licensure examination. It is a 47-credit-hour Associate of Science degree program that requires an additional 11 hours of prerequisite courses in human anatomy and health care and 20 hours of volunteer service under the supervision of a working physical therapist.

SENIOR CITIZENS curious about the mysterious Maya or intrigued with American plays of the '50s will be among students in the 60-plus age group heading back to the classroom for Stetson University's winter Elderhostel.